1992 in film

Highest-grossing films

Events

• August 24 – Production begins on Jurassic Park.

  Awards

1992 Wide-release films

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Notable films released in 1992

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• ', directed by Ridley Scott, starring Gérard Depardieu, Sigourney Weaver, Armand Assante, Loren Dean –
• '
• 588 rue paradis, Directed by Henri Verneuil, starring Richard Berry and Omar Sharif –

  A

• Afterburn, directed by Robert Markowitz, starring Laura Dern, Robert Loggia, Vincent Spano, Michael Rooker
• Agantuk, directed by Satyajit Ray – – winner of FIPRESCI Award at Venice Film Festival
• Al-Lail –
• Aladdin, directed by John Musker and Ron Clements, produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation
• Alien 3, directed by David Fincher, starring Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance, Pete Postlethwaite
• All's Well, Ends Well, starring Maggie Cheung and Leslie Cheung –
• American Heart, directed by Martin Bell, starring Jeff Bridges and Edward Furlong
• American Me, directed by and starring Edward James Olmos, with William Forsythe
• Angaar, starring Jackie Shroff and Dimple Kapadia –
• Army of Darkness
• Article 99, directed by Howard Deutch, starring Ray Liotta, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Lea Thompson

  B

• The Babe, directed by Arthur Hiller, starring John Goodman, with Kelly McGillis, Trini Alvarado, Bruce Boxleitner, James Cromwell
• Bad Lieutenant, directed by Abel Ferrara, starring Harvey Keitel
• Baduk –
• Basic Instinct, directed by Paul Verhoeven, starring Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, Jeanne Tripplehorn, George Dzundza
• Batman Returns, directed by Tim Burton, starring Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer
• Bébé's Kids
• Beethoven, directed by Brian Levant, starring Charles Grodin and Bonnie Hunt
• Being at Home with Claude –
• Belle Époque – – Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
• Benny's Video, directed by Michael Haneke –
• The Best Intentions, directed by Bille August – – winner of Palme d'Or
• Bharatham, starring Mohanlal –
• Bitter Moon, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Hugh Grant and Kristin Scott Thomas –
• Blame It on the Bellboy, starring Dudley Moore, Bryan Brown, Richard Griffiths, Patsy Kensit, Bronson Pinchot
• Blue Ice, starring Michael Caine and Sean Young
• Bob Roberts, directed by and starring Tim Robbins, with Giancarlo Esposito, Brian Murray, Alan Rickman, Ray Wise, Gore Vidal
• The Bodyguard, directed by Mick Jackson, starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston
• Boomerang, directed by Reginald Hudlin, starring Eddie Murphy, David Alan Grier, Halle Berry, Martin Lawrence, Robin Givens
• Braindead, directed by Peter Jackson –
• Bram Stoker's Dracula, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves
• The Bridge, starring Saskia Reeves and David O'Hara –
• Buffy The Vampire Slayer, directed by Fran Rubel Kuzui, starring Kristy Swanson, Luke Perry, Donald Sutherland, Rutger Hauer, Paul Reubens

  C

• Candyman, starring Virginia Madsen and Tony Todd
• Captain Ron, starring Kurt Russell and Martin Short
• Careful –
• Céline, directed by Jean-Claude Brisseau –
• Center Stage, directed by Stanley Kwan, starring Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung Ka-fai –
• Chain of Desire, starring Linda Fiorentino, Malcolm McDowell, Holly Marie Combs
• Chaplin, directed by Richard Attenborough, starring Robert Downey, Jr., Anthony Hopkins, Kevin Kline, Marisa Tomei, Diane Lane, Dan Aykroyd –
• The Chekist –
• , directed by John Glen, starring Georges Corraface, Rachel Ward, Tom Selleck, Marlon Brando
• Chunuk Bair –
• Ciao, Professore!, directed by Lina Wertmüller –
• City of Joy, starring Patrick Swayze –
• Class Act
• Un coeur en hiver, starring Daniel Auteuil and Emmanuelle Béart –
• The Comrades of Summer, starring Joe Mantegna
• Consenting Adults, directed by Alan J. Pakula, starring Kevin Kline, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Kevin Spacey, Rebecca Miller, Forest Whitaker
• Cool World, starring Kim Basinger, Gabriel Byrne, Brad Pitt
• CrissCross, directed by Chris Menges, starring Goldie Hawn and Arliss Howard
• Crossing the Bridge, starring Josh Charles and Jason Gedrick
• The Crying Game, directed by Neil Jordan, starring Stephen Rea, Jaye Davidson, Miranda Richardson, Forest Whitaker –
• Crystal Nights –
• The Cutting Edge, directed by Paul Michael Glaser, starring D. B. Sweeney and Moira Kelly

  D

• Daens –
• Damage, directed by Louis Malle, starring Jeremy Irons, Juliette Binoche, Miranda Richardson –
• Day of Atonement, starring Roger Hanin, Christopher Walken, Jennifer Beals
• Death Becomes Her, directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis, Goldie Hawn
• Deep Cover, directed by Bill Duke, starring Laurence Fishburne, Jeff Goldblum, Clarence Williams III, Charles Martin Smith
• Diggstown, directed by Michael Ritchie, starring James Woods, Louis Gossett, Jr., Oliver Platt, Bruce Dern, Heather Graham
• The Distinguished Gentleman, starring Eddie Murphy
• Dream of Light –
• Dust of Angels –

  E

• El Mariachi, directed by Robert Rodriguez –
• Enchanted April, directed by Mike Newell, starring Miranda Richardson, Joan Plowright, Josie Lawrence, Polly Walker –
• Encino Man, starring Sean Astin, Brendan Fraser, Pauly Shore
• Encore, Once More Encore! –
• The End of the World –
• Equinox, directed by Alan Rudolph, starring Matthew Modine, Kevin J. O'Connor, Lara Flynn Boyle, Tyra Ferrell, Lori Singer, Fred Ward

  F

• Falling from Grace, directed by and starring John Mellencamp, with Mariel Hemingway, Kay Lenz, Claude Akins
• Far and Away, directed by Ron Howard, starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman
• ', directed by Bill Kroyer –
• A Few Good Men, directed by Rob Reiner, starring Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kevin Pollak, Kiefer Sutherland
• Fifty/Fifty, starring Peter Weller and Robert Hays
• Final Analysis, directed by Phil Joanou, starring Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Uma Thurman, Eric Roberts, Keith David
• Firingoti, Assamese film starring Moloya Goswami
• Folks!, starring Tom Selleck and Don Ameche
• ' –
• Forever Young, starring Mel Gibson, Elijah Wood, Jamie Lee Curtis, George Wendt
• For a Lost Soldier, directed by Roeland Kerbosch, starring Jeroen Krabbé, Maarten Smit –
• Four Eyes and Six Guns, starring Judge Reinhold, Patricia Clarkson, Fred Ward
• Freejack, starring Emilio Estevez, Anthony Hopkins, Rene Russo, Mick Jagger
• Frozen Assets, starring Shelley Long

  G

• Gladiator, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr. and James Marshall
• Glengarry Glen Ross, directed by James Foley, starring Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Ed Harris, Jonathan Pryce, Alan Arkin, Kevin Spacey
• ' –
• The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag, starring Penelope Ann Miller, Cathy Moriarty, Julianne Moore
• ', starring James Arness, Pat Hingle, Amy Stock-Poynton, Matt Mulhern, Jason Lively, Morgan Woodward, Amanda Wyss, Jim Beaver, Don Collier

  H

• The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, directed by Curtis Hanson, starring Rebecca De Mornay and Annabella Sciorra
• Hard Boiled, directed by John Woo, starring Chow Yun-fat and Tony Leung Chiu-Wai –
• Hero, directed by Stephen Frears, starring Dustin Hoffman, Geena Davis, Andy García, Joan Cusack
• Hoffa, directed by Danny DeVito, starring Jack Nicholson, DeVito, Armand Assante, J. T. Walsh, Kevin Anderson, John C. Reilly
• , starring Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern
• Honey, I Blew Up the Kid, starring Rick Moranis
• Honeymoon in Vegas, directed by Andrew Bergman, starring James Caan, Nicolas Cage, Sarah Jessica Parker
• HouseSitter, directed by Frank Oz, starring Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn
• Howards End, directed by James Ivory, starring Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter –
• Husbands and Wives, directed by and starring Woody Allen, with Mia Farrow, Judy Davis, Liam Neeson, Sydney Pollack
• Hyena's –

  I

• An Independent Life –
• Indochine, starring Catherine Deneuve – – Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• The Inheritance or Fuckoffguysgoodday –
• Innocent Blood, directed by John Landis, starring Anne Parillaud, Anthony LaPaglia, Robert Loggia, Don Rickles
• Into the Sun, starring Anthony Michael Hall and Michael Paré
• Into the West, directed by Mike Newell, starring Gabriel Byrne and Ellen Barkin –
• In the Soup, starring Steve Buscemi and Seymour Cassel

  J

• Jamón Jamón, starring Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem –
• Jennifer 8, starring Andy García, Uma Thurman and John Malkovich
• The Journey –
• Juice, starring Omar Epps and Tupac Shakur
• Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.
• Justice, My Foot!, starring Stephen Chow –

  K

• Khiladi –
• Killer Image, starring Michael Ironside and M. Emmet Walsh –
• Knight Moves, starring Christopher Lambert and Diane Lane
• Kuffs, starring Christian Slater and Milla Jovovich

  L

• Ladybugs, starring Rodney Dangerfield and Jonathan Brandis
• The Last of the Mohicans, directed by Michael Mann, starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Madeleine Stowe
• The Lawnmower Man, starring Jeff Fahey and Pierce Brosnan
• A League of Their Own, directed by Penny Marshall, starring Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, Madonna, Lori Petty, Rosie O'Donnell, David Strathairn
• Leap of Faith, directed by Richard Pearce, starring Steve Martin, Liam Neeson, Debra Winger, Lolita Davidovich, Lukas Haas
• Leaving Normal, directed by Edward Zwick, starring Christine Lahti and Meg Tilly
• Léolo –
• Lethal Weapon 3, starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo
• Life According to Agfa –
• Light Sleeper, directed by Paul Schrader, starring Susan Sarandon, Willem Dafoe, Dana Delany
• Like Water For Chocolate –
• Live Wire, directed by Christian Duguay, starring Pierce Brosnan and Ron Silver
• Living in Bondage –
• The Long Day Closes, directed by Terence Davies –
• Lorenzo's Oil, directed by George Miller, starring Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon
• Love Crimes, starring Sean Young and Patrick Bergin
• Love Field, directed by Jonathan Kaplan, starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Dennis Haysbert
• Love Potion No. 9, starring Sandra Bullock and Tate Donovan
• The Lover, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud –
• Luna Park, starring Oleg Borisov –

  M

• Mac, directed by and starring John Turturro
• Mad at the Moon, starring Mary Stuart Masterson
• Malcolm X, directed by Spike Lee, starring Denzel Washington
• The Mambo Kings, starring Armand Assante, Antonio Banderas, Cathy Moriarty, Maruschka Detmers, Desi Arnaz Jr.
• Man Bites Dog –
• Man Trouble, directed by Bob Rafelson, starring Jack Nicholson and Ellen Barkin
• –
• Medicine Man, directed by John McTiernan, starring Sean Connery and Lorraine Bracco
• Memoirs of an Invisible Man, directed by John Carpenter, starring Chevy Chase, Daryl Hannah, Sam Neill, Michael McKean
• Me, Myself and I, starring JoBeth Williams and George Segal
• A Midnight Clear, directed by Keith Gordon, starring Ethan Hawke and Kevin Dillon
• The Mighty Ducks, starring Emilio Estevez
• Minbo –
• Miracle Beach, starring Dean Cameron, Ami Dolenz, Pat Morita
• Mistress, starring Robert De Niro, Robert Wuhl, Martin Landau, Danny Aiello, Eli Wallach, Sheryl Lee Ralph
• Mo' Money, starring Damon Wayans
• The Moon Is... the Sun's Dream, directed by Park Chan-wook –
• Morte di un matematico napoletano –
• Mr. Baseball, starring Tom Selleck
• Mr. Saturday Night, directed by and starring Billy Crystal, with Helen Hunt, Julie Warner, David Paymer
• The Muppet Christmas Carol, starring Michael Caine and the Muppets
• My Cousin Vinny, directed by Jonathan Lynn, starring Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei, Ralph Macchio, Fred Gwynne

  N

• Nemesis –
• New Dragon Gate Inn, starring Tony Leung Ka-fai and Maggie Cheung –
• Newsies, starring Christian Bale, Robert Duvall, Ann-Margret, and Bill Pullman
• Night and the City, directed by Irwin Winkler, starring Robert De Niro, Jessica Lange, Jack Warden, Alan King
• Nitrate Kisses
• Noises Off, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Michael Caine, Carol Burnett, John Ritter, Marilu Henner, Christopher Reeve
• The Northerners –

  O

• The Oak –
• Of Mice and Men, directed by and starring Gary Sinise, with John Malkovich, Casey Siemaszko, Sherilyn Fenn, Ray Walston
• Once Upon a Crime, starring John Candy, James Belushi, Cybill Shepherd, Sean Young, Ornella Muti, George Hamilton
• Once Upon a Time, Cinema –
• Once Upon a Time in China II, starring Jet Li –
• One False Move, directed by Carl Franklin, starring Bill Paxton, Cynda Williams, Michael Beach, Billy Bob Thornton
• Only You, directed by Betty Thomas, starring Andrew McCarthy, Helen Hunt, Kelly Preston
• Original Sin, directed by Takashi Ishii –
• Orlando, starring Tilda Swinton and Billy Zane –
• Our Twisted Hero –
• Out on a Limb, starring Matthew Broderick

  P–Q

• Passed Away, starring Bob Hoskins, Tim Curry, Blair Brown, Pamela Reed, Peter Riegert, William Petersen, Nancy Travis
• Passenger 57, starring Wesley Snipes, Bruce Payne, Tom Sizemore, Elizabeth Hurley
• Passion Fish, directed by John Sayles, starring Mary McDonnell and Alfre Woodard
• Patriot Games, directed by Phillip Noyce, starring Harrison Ford, Anne Archer, Sean Bean, Patrick Bergin, James Earl Jones, Richard Harris
• Pet Sematary Two, starring Edward Furlong, Anthony Edwards and Clancy Brown
• Peter's Friends, directed by Kenneth Branagh, starring Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Rita Rudner, Emma Thompson –
• Pinocchio, an animated film produced by Diane Eskenazi
• The Player, directed by Robert Altman, starring Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Cynthia Stevenson, Vincent D'Onofrio, Peter Gallagher, Whoopi Goldberg — Golden Globe Award for Best Picture
• Poison Ivy, starring Drew Barrymore, Sara Gilbert, Tom Skerritt, Cheryl Ladd
• ', starring Jackie Chan –
• Porco Rosso –
• The Power of One, directed by John G. Avildsen
• Prelude to a Kiss, starring Alec Baldwin and Meg Ryan
• The Public Eye, directed by Howard Franklin, starring Joe Pesci, Barbara Hershey, Stanley Tucci, Jared Harris
• Pure Country, starring George Strait
• Pushing Hands, directed by Ang Lee –
• ', starring Donald Sutherland, Tim Matheson, Felicity Huffman

  R

• Raat, starring Revathi, Rohini Hattangadi, Om Puri –
• Radio Flyer, starring Elijah Wood
• Rain Without Thunder, starring Betty Buckley and Jeff Daniels
• Raising Cain, directed by Brian De Palma, starring John Lithgow and Lolita Davidovich
• , directed by Ram Mohan –
• Rapid Fire, starring Brandon Lee and Powers Boothe
• Rebels of the Neon God –
• Remote Control –
• Reservoir Dogs, directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi, Chris Penn, Lawrence Tierney
• A River Runs Through It, directed by Robert Redford, starring Craig Sheffer, Brad Pitt, Tom Skerritt, Brenda Blethyn, Emily Lloyd
• Rock-a-Doodle, directed by Don Bluth
• Roja, directed by Mani Ratnam – – nominated for Best Film at Moscow International Film Festival
• Romper Stomper, starring Russell Crowe –
• Ruby, starring Danny Aiello, Sherilyn Fenn, Arliss Howard

  S

• Samantha, starring Martha Plimpton and Dermot Mulroney
• Savage Nights –
• Scent of a Woman, directed by Martin Brest, starring Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Gabrielle Anwar – Golden Globe Award for Best Picture
• School Ties, starring Brendan Fraser, Chris O'Donnell, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck
• Schtonk! –
• Seedpeople, directed by Peter Manoogian, produced by Charles Band
• Shakes the Clown, directed by and starring Bobcat Goldthwait, with Julie Brown, Kathy Griffin, Florence Henderson
• Shining Through, directed by David Seltzer, starring Michael Douglas, Melanie Griffith, John Gielgud, Joely Richardson, Liam Neeson
• Sidekicks, starring Jonathan Brandis and Chuck Norris
• Single White Female, directed by Barbet Schroeder, starring Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh
• Singles, directed by Cameron Crowe, starring Bridget Fonda, Matt Dillon, Campbell Scott, Kyra Sedgwick
• Sister Act, starring Whoopi Goldberg
• Sleepwalkers, directed by Mick Garris, starring Mädchen Amick, Brian Krause, Alice Krige, based on a novel by Stephen King
• Sneakers, starring Robert Redford, Dan Aykroyd, Sidney Poitier, River Phoenix, Ben Kingsley, Mary McDonnell
• The Spirit of Christmas: Jesus vs. Frosty, directed by Trey Parker and Matt Stone
• Split Infinity
• Split Second, starring Rutger Hauer and Kim Cattrall –
• Stay Tuned, directed by Peter Hyams, starring John Ritter and Pam Dawber
• The Stolen Children –
• Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot, starring Sylvester Stallone and Estelle Getty
• The Story of Qiu Ju, directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Gong Li – – Golden Lion award
• Storyville, starring James Spader
• Straight Talk, starring Dolly Parton and James Woods
• A Stranger Among Us, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Melanie Griffith, Eric Thal, John Pankow, Tracy Pollan, Mia Sara
• Strictly Ballroom, directed by Baz Luhrmann –
• Sumo Do, Sumo Don't – – Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year
• The Sun of the Sleepless –
• Sweet Emma, Dear Böbe'', directed by István Szabó –

  T

• A Tale of Winter, directed by Éric Rohmer –
• Talking Head –
• That Night, starring C. Thomas Howell and Juliette Lewis
• There Goes the Neighborhood, starring Jeff Daniels, Catherine O'Hara, Héctor Elizondo, Rhea Perlman
• This Is My Life, directed by Nora Ephron, starring Samantha Mathis, Julie Kavner, Dan Aykroyd, Carrie Fisher
• Thunderheart, starring Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard, Graham Greene, Fred Ward
• Timescape
• Titanica, IMAX documentary
• Tito and Me –
• Toys, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Robin Williams, Michael Gambon, Joan Cusack, Robin Wright, LL Cool J, Donald O'Connor
• Traces of Red, starring James Belushi and Lorraine Bracco
• Trespass, directed by Walter Hill, starring Ice Cube, Ice-T, Bill Paxton, William Sadler
• , directed by David Lynch, starring Kiefer Sutherland, Kyle MacLachlan, Sheryl Lee, Moira Kelly, Mädchen Amick, David Bowie

  U-V

• Under Siege, directed by Andrew Davis, starring Steven Seagal, Tommy Lee Jones, Erika Eleniak, Gary Busey
• Unforgiven, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, with Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris – Academy Award for Best Picture
• Universal Soldier, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren
• Unlawful Entry, directed by Jonathan Kaplan, starring Kurt Russell, Ray Liotta, Madeleine Stowe
• Utz, starring Armin Mueller-Stahl, Brenda Fricker, Peter Riegert –
• Vacas –

  W

• The Waterdance, starring Eric Stoltz, Helen Hunt, Wesley Snipes
• Waterland, directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal, starring Jeremy Irons, Sinéad Cusack, Ethan Hawke –
• Wayne's World, directed by Penelope Spheeris, starring Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Rob Lowe, Tia Carrere, Brian Doyle-Murray, Lara Flynn Boyle
• We Are Not Angels –
• Where the Day Takes You, starring Sean Astin and Lara Flynn Boyle
• Whispers in the Dark, starring Annabella Sciorra, Jamey Sheridan, Jill Clayburgh, Alan Alda, John Leguizamo, Anthony LaPaglia
• White Badge –
• White Men Can't Jump, directed by Ron Shelton, starring Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, Rosie Perez
• White Sands, directed by Roger Donaldson, starring Willem Dafoe, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Mickey Rourke, Samuel L. Jackson
• Wind, directed by Carroll Ballard, starring Matthew Modine, Jennifer Grey, Cliff Robertson, Jack Thompson, Stellan Skarsgård
• Wuthering Heights, starring Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes –

  Y

• Year of the Comet, starring Penelope Ann Miller, Tim Daly, Louis Jourdan
• The Yo-Yo Gang –
• Yodha, starring Mohanlal and Madhoo –

  Births

• January 19 – Logan Lerman, actor
• February 9 – Avan Jogia, Canadian actor
• February 10 – Karen Fukuhara, actress
• February 11
• *Georgia Groome, actress
• *Taylor Lautner, actor
• February 14 – Freddie Highmore, actor
• February 15 – Greer Grammer, actress
• March 4 – Carlos Vereza, Brazilian actor
• March 10 – Emily Osment, actress
• March 13 – Kaya Scodelario, actress
• March 17
• *John Boyega, actor
• *Gabriel Liotta, actor
• April 4 – Alexa Nikolas, actress
• April 10 – Daisy Ridley, actress
• April 12 – Giorgio Cantarini, actor
• April 23 – Syd tha Kyd, singer and DJ
• May 4
• *Courtney Jines, actress
• *Ashley Rickards, actress
• May 7 – Alexander Ludwig, actor
• May 18 – Spencer Breslin, actor
• May 29 – Erica Lindbeck, actress, voice actress
• June 12 – Ryan Malgarini, American actor
• June 14 – Daryl Sabara, actor
• June 26 – Jennette McCurdy, actress and singer
• July 3 – Nathalia Ramos, actress
• July 9 – Douglas Booth, actor
• July 22 – Selena Gomez, actress and singer
• July – Francesca Hayward, ballerina, actress, and singer
• August 3 – Christine Ko, actress
• August 4 – Dylan and Cole Sprouse, actors
• August 20
• *Neslihan Atagül, actress
• *Demi Lovato, actress and singer
• September 16 – Nick Jonas, singer
• September 28 – Skye McCole Bartusiak, actress
• September 30 – Ezra Miller, actor
• October 9 – Tyler James Williams, actor
• October 12 – Josh Hutcherson, actor
• October 13 – Aaron Dismuke, voice actor
• October 15 – Vincent Martella, American actor, voice actor and singer
• October 17 – Barry Keoghan, actor
• November 18 – Nathan Kress, actor
• November 23 – Miley Cyrus, actress and singer
• December 18 – Bridgit Mendler, actress

  Notable deaths

Film debuts

• Gillian Anderson – The Turning
• David Arquette – Where the Day Takes You
• Jack Black – Bob Roberts
• Toni Collette – Spotswood
• Daniel Craig – The Power of One
• Penélope Cruz – Jamón Jamón
• Alan Cumming – Prague
• Eliza Dushku – That Night
• Aaron Eckhart – Double Jeopardy
• Omar Epps – Juice
• Ralph Fiennes – Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights
• Claire Forlani – Gypsy Eyes
• Jamie Foxx – Toys
• Walton Goggins – Forever Young
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt – Beethoven
• Kelsey Grammer - Galaxies Are Colliding
• Peter Greene – Laws of Gravity
• Maggie Gyllenhaal – Waterland
• Cole Hauser – School Ties
• Lena Headey – Waterland
• Katherine Heigl – That Night
• Jennifer Love Hewitt – Munchie
• Whitney Houston – The Bodyguard
• Famke Janssen – Fathers & Sons
• Ashley Judd – Kuffs
• Ang Lee – Pushing Hands
• Laura Linney – Lorenzo's Oil
• Lucy Liu – Rhythm of Destiny
• Ron Livingston – Straight Talk
• Donal Logue – Sneakers
• Baz Luhrmann – Strictly Ballroom
• Bernie Mac – Mo' Money
• Rose McGowan – Encino Man
• Mike Myers – Wayne's World
• Tim Blake Nelson – This Is My Life
• Rosie O'Donnell – A League of Their Own
• Robert Rodriguez – El Mariachi
• Keri Russell – Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
• M. Night Shyamalan – Praying with Anger
• Gary Sinise – A Midnight Clear
• Will Smith – Where the Day Takes You
• Hilary Swank – Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Quentin Tarantino – Reservoir Dogs
• Jeanne Tripplehorn – Basic Instinct
• Robin Tunney – Encino Man